Posted: 1/3/2007 7:43 PM
Post subject: How people act on the internet vs how they act IRL
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gbagcn
Joined: 5/30/2005
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http://www.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/psycyber.html Until I found this link I wasn't aware there was so much information available about this.
Posted: 1/4/2007 1:15 AM
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xebra
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http://www.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/genderswap.html
Posted: 1/4/2007 1:15 AM
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xebra
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That was directed at no one in particular.
Posted: 1/4/2007 10:02 AM
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Xkeeper
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I think Penny Arcade said it best: Normal Human Being + Anonymity + Audience = Total Idiot. (Without reading the internetbook, though, I'll just say that when you remove physical "first judgements" (look, body shape/size, other features), it becomes a lot more personality oriented. Of course, I'm usually wrong, so...
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Posted: 1/9/2007 9:47 PM
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gbagcn
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Yeah xebra I found that section interesting too.
Posted: 1/10/2007 9:53 PM
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Ramzi
Joined: 3/25/2004
Posts: 459
I believe there is a correlation between bad typing and failure to use turn signals.
Posted: 1/10/2007 10:07 PM
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xebra
Joined: 5/3/2004
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BTK had poor spelling and grammar. Let's extrapolate that example out beyond all reason.
Posted: 1/10/2007 10:09 PM
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Bag_of_Magic_Food
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BTK thinks everyone else is psychic! ...Who's BTK?
put yourself in my rocketpack if that poochie is one outrageous dude
Posted: 1/11/2007 10:27 PM
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Maur
Joined: 1/31/2005
Posts: 95
BTK was a a serial killer's self-proclaimed moniker, standing for "Bind, torture, kill."